Daniel Grunfeld

“Genius is 1% talent and 99% percent hard work...”
― Albert Einstein

“The Laughing Heart

your life is your life
don’t let it be clubbed into dank submission.
be on the watch.
there are ways out.
there is a light somewhere.
it may not be much light but
it beats the darkness.
be on the watch.
the gods will offer you chances.
know them.
take them.
you can’t beat death but
you can beat death in life, sometimes.
and the more often you learn to do it,
the more light there will be.
your life is your life.
know it while you have it.
you are marvelous
the gods wait to delight
in you.”
― Charles Bukowski, Betting on the Muse: Poems & Stories

“True terror is to wake up one morning and discover that your high school class is running the country.”
― Kurt Vonnegut

“The secret of life is honesty and fair dealing. If you can fake that, you've got it made.”
― Groucho Marx